Get HTML5 Data Attributes with jQuery
jQuery 1.4.4+ includes this already, using DOMElement.getAttribute(), but for prior versions you can bind an element to the getData event. This event is fired internally by jQuery.fn.data if you attempt to retrieve data for a key that has no corresponding [...]
A CSS Hack for Internet Explorer 8
Today I found a nifty little hack that appears so far to work for IE8 on STSoftware Support Forum. It apparently has to do with the fact that IE8 ignores multiple id selectors. I decided to test it out on [...]
Writing a Cross-Domain Proxy in PHP
Today I encountered a problem that many developers will likely face while building a web application with Ajax, so I wanted to share my experience with it. The Problem: You create a web site with the goal of consuming content [...]
The Minify Library
After last week’s post highlighting the YSlow Firefox extension, I’ve decided to follow up on the topic of best practices with a brief post on the Minify Library. The Library was discovered when one of my coworkers was tasked with [...]
The YSlow Firefox Add-on
As I was working on editing the new theme for my blog, I downloaded the Firebug developer’s toolkit to inspect an HTML element on my screen. After installing Firebug I got a series of other Add-on recommendations, most of which [...]
All Work and No Play Makes Eric Wish He Could Post Here More
These past 3 months have been very exciting for me – I started a new job in Web Development working with a commercial open-source CMS by a company named NStein. We are currently in the 3.x branch of their software, [...]
